The Lord Chancellor, after consulting the Lady Chief Justice, has approved the appointment of Bartholomew Dalton as a solicitor member of the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee, for 4 years from 1 September 2025.
Bartholomew Dalton is a solicitor and key member of the Serious and General Crime team at top-ranked London criminal defence firm Hickman & Rose.
He has represented clients accused of a wide range of offences and provides expert advice in relation to all stages of criminal cases, from investigation through to trial and appeal. He is an experienced police station representative, litigator and advocate in the Magistrates' Court and litigator in the Crown Court. He is recommended as an "associate to watch" in Chambers & Partners and as a "key lawyer" in the Legal 500.
Mr Dalton is the co-author of the 2 most recent editions of the leading practitioners' handbook Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook, published by Oxford University Press, and is currently working on the next edition. He is also a member of Criminal Law Week's commentary board and a committee member and the law reform officer for the London Criminal Courts Solicitors' Association.
Mr Dalton qualified as a solicitor in 2017 before joining Hickman & Rose in 2021.
The Courts Act 2003 established the Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) to make rules and governing the practice and procedure of magistrates' courts, the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division.
Appointments are made, by the Lord Chancellor, under the Courts Act 2003, and are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. This appointment has been made in line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
